Agenda item

To consider recommendations from the Community Area Transport Group for the prioritisation of small-scale local transport and highways improvements.

Two separate reports containing recommendations from the Community Area Transport Group were circulated. The first report within the agenda pack contained recommendations for small-scale highways improvements.

Decision

The Area Board approved the Chippenham Community Area Transport Group’s recommendations for the prioritisation of the following schemes, subject to available funding:

1.    Malmesbury Road, Chippenham – allocate £8,000 to improve pedestrian safety at the zebra crossing near St Pauls Church Hall.

2.    Kington St Michael Road, Kington Langley – allocate £6,900 to upgrade the footpath.

3.    Accessibility improvements – allocate £5,000 to install dropped kerbs in the Community Area, following a prioritisation exercise to be carried out by the Community Area Transport Group with parish and town councils.

Annual Waiting Restrictions Review 2011/12 – Prioritisation of Schemes

The second report, which was tabled at the meeting, contained recommendations for the prioritisation of waiting restrictions.

In September 2011, Wiltshire Council had proposed that it would be more appropriate that requests for waiting restrictions should go directly to parish and town councils as they had more detailed knowledge of their local areas.

Chippenham Town Council had not felt able to take on this work; the assessment process was therefore passed to the Chippenham Community Area Transport Group to make recommendations to the Chippenham Area Board.

Councillor Caswill expressed concern at the process involved regarding the Annual Waiting Restrictions Review and requested that Sadlers Mead was considered as a high priority. Parvis Khansari, Service Director for Strategic Services, confirmed that further schemes could be added to the prioritised list of waiting restrictions, if required.

Decision

The Area Board approved the Chippenham Community Area Transport Group’s recommendations for the prioritisation of schemes in the Annual Waiting Restrictions Review, with one addition, as follows:

1.    Sheldon Road – opposite the junction for Stonelea Close

2.    Middlefield Road – opposite the entrance to Hathaway Medical Centre

3.    Sadlers Mead.

Proposals for Chippenham Community Area Transport Group

Councillor Caswill made three proposals regarding the future operations of the Community Area Transport Group.

Decision

The Area Board welcomed the delegation of highways decisions and the work done by the Community Area Transport Group (CATG) to prioritise local issues, and resolved that:

1.    The meetings of the Chippenham CATG should be open to the public and press, with dates and times advertised at preceding Area Board meetings and agendas posted on the Wiltshire Council Website.

2.    The agendas and papers for the CATG meetings are sent electronically in advance to Area Board councillors, to assist their attendance where issues in their divisions are to be discussed.

3.    To request that a review of the Chippenham CATG is carried out and reported back to the Area Board as soon as possible, to determine whether the above requests are feasible within resources.